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Trucker protest: 2 arrested, charged as Ottawa police says crowd continues to thin

Ottawa police say two men connected to the ongoing anti-COVID-19 restriction demonstrations have been arrested and face criminal charges, while the crowd of truckers and other protesters continues to thin out.

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Black History Month: GO transit bus wrap honours Canadian singer-songwriter Salome Bey

Singer-songwriter, Salome Bey was known as “Canada’s first lady of the blues.” To honour her and her legacy as a multi-disciplinary artist, Metrolinx has unveiled an art wrapped “go” bus featuring Bey. The bus is now on the move across the GTA throughout black history month.

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Protesters told to leave Ottawa after 3rd day of disrupting Canadian capital

As truck convoy protesters against Canada’s pandemic restrictions continue in Ottawa, the city’s mayor, Jim Watson, is demanding demonstrators move on after disrupting the capital, and the lives of its residents for a third consecutive day. As Abigail Bimman reports, the call was made after days of unrest, harassment and abuse.

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Remaining trucker convoy protesters won’t leave until COVID-19 restrictions ease

Crowds have thinned out considerably on Parliament Hill and the surrounding area, where anti-COVID restrictions demonstrators have been protesting for days.

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‘This is a fracture in the party’: O’Toole to face leadership vote Wednesday

Erin O’Toole’s leadership will be put to a vote of Conservative MPs Wednesday after months of infighting severely weakened his hold over the party.

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Health Matters: Blood donors needed & health innovation investment

Health Matters January 31: The fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is straining Canada’s blood supply, with donors cancelling appointments due to sickness or isolation. And the province is investing $6-million in three health innovation projects.

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COVID-19: Ontario churches’ constitutional challenge has 1st day in court

COVID-19 pandemic.Leading the challenge are the Church of God in Aylmer and Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo, both of which have faced a variety of charges, including findings of contempt, for repeatedly defying restrictions.“It will be our submission that both the indoor and outdoor gathering restrictions are over-broad, unreasonable and arbitrary limits that violate the charter of rights and cannot be demonstrably justified,” said Lisa Bildy, one of several lawyers representing the churches, toward the beginning of the hearing.“Accordingly, we’ll ask this court to declare the restrictions to be of no force and effect and to set aside the restraining orders imposed to enforce them.” Woolwich pastor faces fine of up to $100,000 for Sunday service ignoring COVID-19 lockdown The multi-day hearing for the challenge is being held virtually by the Superior Court of Justice in St. Thomas with Justice Renee Pomerance presiding over the matter.

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BA.2 33% more infectious than ‘original’ Omicron COVID strain, study finds

The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, a Danish study has found.

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‘We won’t give in’ Trudeau says as trucker convoy protest continues

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he “won’t give in” to the so-called “freedom convoy” protest in downtown Ottawa.

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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a pharmacy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.

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Bitter cold surges south in wake of powerful nor'easter

Cold air is surging south in the wake of a powerful nor'easter that brought record-breaking snowfall and strong winds to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday.Areas from Maine and northern New England to South Florida will see temperatures at or below freezing into the workweek.Low temperatures on Monday morning. (FOX Weather) Forecasters say the temperature could dip to -8 degrees below zero in Bangor. In fact, most of Main will be sub-zero Monday morning.While other parts of New England and the Northeast won't be as cold as Sunday, it will still be frigid.

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Weekend-long Canada anti-vax protest riles Ottawa

A "Freedom Convoy" of trucks joined by thousands of demonstrators brought Ottawa to a virtual standstill for a second day yesterday to protest Canada's vaccine mandates, as other sympathetic truckers blocked a border highway into the United States.

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Alberta to require personal health number to access safe injection sites

Alberta will become the first province in Canada to require a personal health number to use safe injection sites. But as Heather Yourex-West reports, advocates say this will increase overdose deaths in the province.

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Relentless cold has put Toronto shelter capacity in crisis, advocates say

Toronto‘s homeless population are ending up in hospital with cold-related injuries, as the city’s shelter system struggles to keep up with demand, experts and advocates say.“We had a client who was dealing with frostbite recently,” said Dr. Naheed Dosani, health equity lead at Kensington Health.He said he sees many patients who live on the streets and has noticed the troubling trend in recent weeks, with colleagues reporting similar issues.“People are coming in with hypothermia and frostbite,” he said.

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‘Several’ investigations underway after monuments defaced during Ottawa trucker rally: police

Ottawa police say “several criminal investigations” are underway after Canadian monuments in the city were defaced during a day of protests opposing COVID-19 measures on Parliament Hill on Saturday.In a series of tweets Sunday morning, Ottawa police said the investigations are related to “the desecration” of the National War Memorial, the Terry Fox statue and in regards to threatening, illegal and intimidating behaviour towards police and other city workers.Illegal behaviour will not be tolerated and will be fully investigated.We have investigative and evidence-gathering teams in place to support the management of the demonstration.We cannot take reports through social media. Incidents must be reported to police.

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Canadian truckers, thousands of others protest vaccine mandate in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Thousands of protesters gathered in Canada’s capital on Saturday to protest vaccine mandates, masks and lockdowns.Some parked on the grounds of the National War Memorial and danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, others carried signs and flags with swastikas and some used the statue of Canadian hero Terry Fox to display an anti-vaccine statement, sparking widespread condemnation."I am sickened to see protesters dance on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and desecrate the National War Memorial. Generations of Canadians have fought and died for our rights, including free speech, but not this.

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Trucker convoy’s park-in protest gears into 2nd day in Ottawa

convoy of trucks and cars snarl traffic protesting government-imposed vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.The truck traffic in the city’s core by Parliament Hill has made many streets downtown impassable to vehicles, police say. Big rigs, passenger vehicles snarl downtown Ottawa as trucker convoy parks by Parliament Other streets have been closed and local police say they are working to mitigate the impacts of the gridlock on residents and businesses downtown.It’s not clear when the convoy of vehicles plans to end their park-in protest as some protesters have vowed not to move until all their demands are met.Sitting in his truck, Scott Ocelak said he was warned he was locked into his spot until Sunday, but planned to stay until Tuesday at the latest.The demonstration was initially aimed at denouncing vaccine mandates for truck drivers crossing the Canada-U.S.

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Kid Rock to cancel tour stops at venues with COVID vaccine mandates

Kid Rock is hitting the road, but he’s being selective about exactly where he’s going.Just days after announcing his upcoming “Bad Reputation” tour, the artist took to his official Facebook account this week to reveal he won’t be performing at venues that require COVID-19 masks or vaccination.“There’s been a lot of talk about vaccine mandates and venues. People saying, ‘I’m not going to that venue because of the vaccine mandate’ and this, that and the other.

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Big rigs, passenger vehicles snarl downtown Ottawa as trucker convoy parks by Parliament

so-called “freedom convoy” to air grievances against COVID-19 public health measures, vaccine mandates and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Traffic was snarled by big rigs lining Wellington Street, in the shadow of the Parliament Buildings, while passenger vehicles circled honking horns. Live coverage: Trucker convoy protest kicks off in Ottawa WARNING: This video was a live feed of a protest and may contain adult language not suitable for all viewers.

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‘Just sickening’: Backlash after Terry Fox statue ‘appropriated’ at Ottawa trucker rally

@ottawacity @JimWatsonOttawa https://t.co/Souo0BodaJ— Brad West (@BradWestPoCo) January 29, 2022Photos from the rally showed the statue holding an upside-down Canadian flag, along with a sign that reads “mandate freedom.”Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he had instructed city staff to remove the items, but within an hour new photos appeared on social media showing the statue holding a new protest sign.Fox, a cancer patient and amputee, was born in Winnipeg, but raised in Port Coquitlam, B.C. The 22-year-old became a national icon with his 1980 attempt to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Big rigs, passenger vehicles snarl downtown Ottawa as trucker convoy parks by Parliament Fox lost his battle to cancer in 1981 before he could complete his cross-country journey, but became a national inspiration.

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Trucker convoy: Horns blare outside Parliament as trucker protest assembles

Truck drivers crossing Canada to protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border travel honked their horns and cheered loudly as supporters began to gather outside Parliament on Saturday morning.

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Kid Rock to cancel tour stops at venues with COVID vaccine mandates

Kid Rock is hitting the road, but he's being selective about exactly where he's going. Just days after announcing his upcoming "Bad Reputation" tour, the artist took to his official Facebook account this week to reveal he won't be performing at venues that require COVID-19 masks or vaccination. "There’s been a lot of talk about vaccine mandates and venues.

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Live coverage: Trucker convoy protest kicks off in Ottawa

Freedom Convoy” has descended onto Canada’s capital, Ottawa, to demonstrate against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health measures.Ottawa police and the Parliamentary Protective Service – as well as federal law enforcement and national security agencies – are expected to be at heightened alert as thousands of protesters converge on Parliament Hill.The demonstration is expected to continue through Saturday and Sunday.

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Protest convoy arrives in Ottawa for multi-day demonstration

COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health measures after almost two full years of pandemic precautions. Ottawa police working with national security agencies as trucker convoy reaches capital Ottawa police and the Parliamentary Protective Service – as well as federal law enforcement and national security agencies – are expected to be at heightened alert as thousands of protesters converge on Parliament Hill.“With demonstrations of this scale, there are significant risks to be mitigated, but that we cannot fully eliminate,” Ottawa Police Services Chief Peter Sloly told reporters Friday.The demonstration is expected to continue through Saturday and Sunday, but Sloly – despite being in contact with the main organizers – could not say how long the protesters are expected to stay.

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Inside COVID’s‘InvisibleHospitals’— where the sickest fight to go home

By Carolyn Jarvis and Jasmine PazzanoJanuary 29, 2022 More than 100,000 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Canada since the start of the pandemic. The sickest are discharged from scarce, acute care hospital beds — but aren’t able to return home. Instead, they are admitted to another type of facility: a rehabilitation hospital.

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Ottawa police working with national security agencies as trucker convoy reaches capital

Police warn of ‘consequences’ for violence as trucker convoy nears Ottawa “The organizers have advised us that this will be a peaceful demonstration. They have confirmed that there will be a large number of trucks and participants, and that the main planned demonstrations will take place on Saturday and Sunday,” Sloly told reporters.“With demonstrations of this scale, there are significant risks to be mitigated, but that we cannot fully eliminate.”Sources tell Global News that federal national security officials have held multiple briefings with local law enforcement officials ahead of Saturday’s planned demonstrations, which are expected to include well-known white supremacist and far-right personalities.While Sloly said Ottawa police have been in contact with the demonstrations’ main organizers, he warned police expect a number of “parallel demonstrators” that they have not been able to “engage fully with.”“There are also social media actors locally, nationally and internationally.

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Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young, pulls music from Spotify over Joe Rogan podcast

Joni Mitchell says she stands with Neil Young and has decided to remove all her music from streaming giant Spotify.Earlier this week, Young pulled his music from Spotify after giving the company an ultimatum over concerns about podcaster Joe Rogan spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on his show “The Joe Rogan Experience.”In a statement on her website Friday, Mitchell says she is taking action because “irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.”Mitchell says she also stands with the scientific community on the issue. Spotify taking down Neil Young’s music after his Joe Rogan ultimatum On her website, she includes a letter signed by a coalition of scientists, medical professionals, and professors that criticizes Spotify for featuring Rogan podcasts that they say include misinformation about the pandemic, including discouraging vaccinations in young people and children.Spotify, which has a multi-year distribution agreement with Rogan, granted Young’s request on Wednesday and within hours began taking down his albums.“I Stand With Neil Young!” Mitchell says in the statement on her website.“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” reads the statement.

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Canada ends U.S. travel exemption for B.C. residents in need of essential supplies after flood

COVID-19 entry and exit requirements extended to British Columbians in need of essential supplies after last year’s floods.Beginning Jan. 31, residents who want to travel to the U.S. by land to pick up goods will be required to fulfill all of Canada’s pre-entry, arrival, testing and quarantine rules.The exemption was first announced on Nov.

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First wild case of bird flu detected in US in 5 years

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A duck killed by a hunter in South Carolina had a contagious and dangerous bird flu that has not been detected in the wild in the U.S.

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What we know so far about Omicron’s BA.2 subvariant

Although there are signs the Omicron wave has peaked, concerns are growing over its new subvariant BA.2 that’s been detected in Canada. Abigail Bimman breaks down what’s known so far about the new mutation, and what health experts are watching out for.

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Quebec truckers join up with convoy en route to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates

Convoys of truckers from across Quebec rolled by the Montreal area on Friday on their way to Ottawa for a weekend rally.They’ll be joining hundreds of others on Parliament Hill to protest against COVID-19 government vaccine mandates.From coast to coast, truck drivers against COVID-19 vaccination regulations have gathered. COVID situation stabilizing, but restrictions must be eased slowly, Quebec health director says As of Jan.

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Kid Rock threatens to cancel shows at venues with COVID-19 vaccine, mask mandates

Kid Rock performs in concert during day two of KAABOO Texas at AT&T Stadium on May 11, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Kid Rock has threatened to cancel shows on his upcoming "Bad Reputation Tour" if there are COVID-19 policies put into place for concertgoers.The musician made the announcement Thursday in a video on his social media accounts ahead of tickets going on sale for his tour Friday. "You'll be getting your money back because I won't be showing up, either," Rock said in the video.

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Apple AirTags dangers: Privacy group warning on trackers

NEW YORK - In response to growing concerns about how stalkers, thieves, abusive partners, and other dangerous people have been using Apple AirTags — coin-sized tracking devices — to target victims, a privacy group is calling on the tech giant to permanently pull the gadgets from store shelves. The group Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, or STOP, said Apple claims it promises to protect people's privacy yet "profits from surveillance.""When survivors and advocates warned Apple that AirTags were dangerous, the company refused to listen.

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Omicron infectivity period doesn’t appear shorter than other COVID variants: Public Health Ontario

COVID-19 does not appear to be shorter than other forms of the virus, and may be longer in some cases.The agency says that while there is limited evidence on the infectivity of Omicron, its own modelling data suggests people remain contagious for a similar amount of time.And it says that, unlike other variants of concern, Omicron does not seem to show a faster viral clearance in vaccinated people compared with unvaccinated ones.The findings are included in a report on strategies to cohort patients in acute care that was published last week. Ontario’s top doctor ‘hopeful’ COVID-19 risk will be lower in March, April They align with comments made earlier this month by Canada’s chief medical officer of health, Dr.

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Organizer of GoFundMe campaign for trucker convoy withdraws $1M, company confirms

The organizer of a GoFundMe campaign for the trucker convoy has withdrawn an initial $1 million from the funds raised, the company confirmed Thursday.

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Police warn of ‘consequences’ for violence as trucker convoy nears Ottawa

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says nobody wants a planned anti-vaccination protest on Parliament Hill this weekend to turn into a violent attempt to overthrow the government and warned people not to dismiss the protesters as simple freedom fighters.

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New national standards draft provides blueprint to improve Canadian long-term care

With Canada’s long-term care homes hard-hit in the pandemic, a new draft of national standards by the Health Standards Organization offers new insight on Canada’s potential strategy to improve the lives of residents.

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40 million Americans under winter storm watch ahead of weekend nor'easter

nor'easter will develop into a "bomb cyclone" off the East Coast this weekend, placing areas from New England to North Carolina at risk of heavy snow, high winds and coastal flooding beginning Friday evening.The first weather alerts associated with the storm were issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday. Winter Storm Watches are in effect along the coast from North Carolina to Maine, including the cities of Boston; Providence, Rhode Island; New York; Philadelphia and Richmond and Norfolk in Virginia.A watch does not mean significant snowfall is guaranteed at that location.

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Unions want Ontario to reverse hospital COVID policy that allows sick people to work

Ontario government to reverse a pandemic policy that allows hospital workers to return to work while infected with COVID-19 if a facility’s staffing situation becomes dire.“We believe that this whole concept is a dangerous threat to the well-being of hospital patients and to those hospital staff who are healthy,” Michael Hurley with the Canadian Union of Public Employees said at a news conference on Thursday.“We’re asking the province to reconsider and to scrap this policy and to look at the alternatives.” Ontario to begin resuming non-urgent surgeries on Monday SEIU Healthcare and CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, which together represent approximately 100,000 health-care workers at hospitals and long-term care homes, wrote to the premier, health minister and chief medical officer of health this week outlining their concerns over the guidance.The new provincial direction, issued this month in light of unprecedented strain on the health system from the highly transmissible Omicron variant, says health-care employees can come back to work with the virus to deal with staffing shortages.The guidance suggests that people who are closer to the end of their isolation period should come back to work first and be limited to working with COVID-positive patients.

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Ontario extends deadline for long-term care workers to receive COVID-19 booster

Ontario is extending the deadline for long-term care workers to get a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.Staff in the sector had been given until Friday to get booster shots in order to stay on the job, but the date has now been pushed back to March 14. Canada’s new national long-term care standards released.

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Sunwing plane party organizer threatens legal action against airline

a Sunwing flight to Mexico that garnered international attention after passengers defied COVID-19 health measures and partied in the aisle of a plane says he is working on a potential lawsuit against the airline.James William Awad told reporters Thursday that airlines “abandoned” 154 Canadians down south “without knowing if they could afford another night in a hotel, without knowing if they could afford food the next day, without any option to return to Canada.”“Right now we’re working on taking legal action against Sunwing,” he said during a news conference in Montreal.Sunwing cancelled the group’s return, citing an ongoing investigation and the passengers’ refusal to accept all terms for the charter flight.Air Canada and Air Transat also declined to allow the group to fly home using their airlines. Awad said he is looking at possible legal action against those companies as well.Global News has contacted all three airlines for a response to Awad’s statement.Videos of the Dec.

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Identities confirmed in deaths of family of 4 on Manitoba-U.S. border

@MEAIndia @IndiainToronto @rcmpmb pic.twitter.com/rgCaNLCm9q— India in Canada (@HCI_Ottawa) January 27, 2022“All four were Indian nationals,” said the High Commission of India in Ottawa. “The next of kin of the deceased have been informed.”“Canadian authorities have also, after medical examination, informed that based on the circumstances, the death of all the persons have been determined to be consistent with exposure to the outdoor elements.”The night the four left, Jan.

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Kenney, Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

Alberta records 22 more COVID-19 deaths The pandemic response unit in the Kaye Edmonton Clinic was targeting Thursday to begin admitting patients, AHS said Tuesday.“The opening of the PRU is a temporary measure and is one of several initiatives that will ensure our healthcare system can meet the increased demand caused by COVID-19,” a statement from AHS said.“Patients moved to the PRU could be patients recovering from COVID-19 who are no longer infectious or patients with less complex healthcare needs than those being cared for in traditional inpatient spaces.”Thursday’s briefing also comes days after Health Minister Jason Copping announced Pfizer’s antiviral pill Paxlovid would be arriving in Alberta on Monday, but only 3200 courses of the treatment. Canada has detected BA.2 cases.

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Singh’s brother-in-law has asked for his $13K trucker convoy donation back, source says

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s brother-in-law has asked for his $13,000 GoFundMe donation to the trucker convoy to be returned, according to an NDP source.

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‘Freedom Convoy’ draws large crowd in London, Ont. on Thursday

Organizers describe the vaccine mandate as an example of political overreach resulting in economic harm, arguing the policy hurts small businesses and denies some workers the means to survive.The Canadian Trucking Alliance has spoken out against the protests, stating that it does not support “and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways and bridges.” Expect traffic delays as convoy protest reaches London on Thursday, OPP say In London, convoys travelling from Sarnia and Windsor are set to meet at the Flying J Travel Center on Highbury Avenue South at around 11 a.m. Thursday.Participants are expected to stick around for at least an hour before heading eastbound on Highway 401 toward Drumbo and eventually stopping in Kingston for the day.Ultimately, the convoys will join others from across Canada in Ottawa this weekend.Well before the convoys arrived in London, a crowd began gathering at the Flying J Travel Center, with more than 100 supporters on hand by 10 a.m.

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High January death toll partly due to Quebec’s slow COVID-19 booster rollout, experts say

Quebec surpasses 13,000 COVID-19 deaths, the highest in Canada As well, of those people 70 and older who died in the current wave, 22 per cent were unvaccinated and 34.7 per cent had received a third dose of vaccine more than seven days before their deaths. The Health Department says 76 per cent of Quebecers 60 and over have received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and 94 per cent have received at least two.Dr.

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COVID-19: Ontario doctor banned from prescribing ivermectin now director of company offering drug

COVID-19 has launched a telehealth service offering the unapproved treatment to Ontarians to treat the virus, Global News can reveal.Dr Patrick Phillips, a family doctor who is the subject of several investigations by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), is the director of a new telehealth service based in Ontario that is offering ivermectin, an antiparasitic treatment not approved by Health Canada to treat COVID-19.The service, called Canadian Covid TeleHealth Inc (CCTH), was launched by members of the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA), a website promoting information at odds with public health advice, which also features new initiatives from at least two other Ontario health professionals with COVID-related licence restrictions.But Phillips’ involvement, as well as the existence of the service, is not breaking any provincial laws Revealed: How a web of Canadian doctors are undermining the fight against COVID-19 It comes as the regulatory body and province spar about how to deal with physicians operating in a medical grey area.

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Ottawa braces for ‘significant’ trucker convoy disruptions as police warn of risks

A convoy of truckers set to descend upon Ottawa to protest mandatory vaccinations is prompting police to prepare for violence and politicians to warn against escalating rhetoric linked to the demonstration.

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